Manager, Software Engineering, Octopart
AltiumCambridge, England, United KingdomPosted 21 March 2026
Job Description
⚡️ Why Altium?
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants,
our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
About this role:
The Software Engineering Manager is responsible for mentoring software engineers within their unit, adopting best practices, performance and problem-solving abilities in addition to contributing to the code base. Organizes, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a product development engineering team with responsibility for results in planning, objective-setting and goal alignment, costs, methods, project completion, managing personnel issues, creating and maintaining a productive work environment.
The primary role of the Manager, Software Engineering - Octopart is to lead and mentor a productive, collaborative team of engineers in the development of the Octopart platform.
Altium offers the opportunity to conceive and build new product features for electronics engineers and add your own ideas to the world’s most collaborative and efficient electronics design platform.
Please note: The working mode is on-site: 5 days a week from our Cambridge office.
A day in the life of our Manager, Software Engineering:
Work with the team to establish staffing, goals, timelines, and expectations. Best practices for performance and problem-solving should be leveraged throughout.
Take the lead in proposing and launching new development projects and encourage your team to propose ideas, too.
Establish easy, open relationships with other managers, teams, leadership, and all groups within Altium can help clear a path for your team's progress and keep everyone informed.
Organizes and plans project, workloads and task assignments.
Provides feedback, mentoring and professional development support and other management responsibilities to achieve assignments and meet operational objectives.
Manages relationships with others, e.g other managers, upper management, other teams, support organizations, etc., to support cross-functional and departmental teaming when needed and to remove obstacles so that direct reports and the team can effectively and efficiently complete product development, projects and tasks.
Initiates, participate in RD projects to develop new products or advance existing products.
Monitors product development progress, makes adjustments and ensures sound application of engineering principles and adequate research to support the highest possible product quality and performance.
Assists, identifies and initiates technical projects and programs which lead to improved processes and products, reduced costs, and/or increased output.
Identifies, defines and recommends objectives and scope of technical projects communicates goals, scope, approach and schedules to technical managers and/or engineers.
Evaluates final results of research and developments projects to assure accomplishment of technical objectives. Prepares and presents reports outlining the outcome of technical projects and makes recommendations to implement desired results.
Team and talent management: Recruit, hire, onboard, and mentor software engineers; conduct performance reviews and facilitate career development.
Cross-functional collaboration: Foster collaboration with other teams and stakeholders; communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to senior management.
Team management: Experience leading a team of engineers.
Who We’re Looking For:
Senior level, able to work independently, think big, generate ideas.
Total years of experience: 8+ years in software engineering.
A bachelor's or master's degree in a r ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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